'Scandal' Season 4 News: Episode 5 Recap, Episode 6 Plot Revealed

By Virnelli Mercader, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, October 30, 2014

Last Thursday's episode of "Scandal" saw Jake being held captive as President Fitz does all that he can to get him to admit to killing his son, Jerry.

Last week, Olivia starts getting worried when Jake wouldn't answer any of her calls. She gets Huck to track the location of his last cell phone signal, and once they got it, they find out that Jake was at the White House. She tells Rowan, who is pretending not to know anything about Jake's disappearance, that maybe she ought to go and save him. Rowan tells her that Jake can take care of himself. Later, Cyrus tells her that Jake is in the "bowels of the Pentagon."

Meanwhile, President Fitz, in an attempt to find answers to Jerry's death, starts to beat up Jake to get him to confess. Jake tells him the truth—he didn't kill Jerry, but Rowan did. However, Jake begins to wonder if there's another reason why the President is beating him up, and as soon as Fitz mentions Olivia's name, he learns that he is being persecuted for being with her, and he might even get killed for it.

This week's episode will feature the return of Portia de Rossi's character to "Scandal," while Olivia takes on a new case. The episode is titled "An Innocent Man."

"Olivia is summoned by a convicted assassin who claims he was wrongly accused, and Mellie becomes intrigued by a former first lady whose stories seem strikingly similar to her own. Meanwhile, Elizabeth inches closer to corrupting the White House and Fitz makes a shocking move," the synopsis reads.

"Scandal" season 4, episode 6 airs on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 9 p.m. on ABC.